# Miranj Turns One


- Date: 23-Feb-2012
- Author: Souvik Das Gupta
- Tags: Folklore, Miranj
- URL: https://miranj.in/blog/2012/one


I still remember the days at my last job where I "clocked hours" while doing mundane tasks. Every passing moment seemed forever — full of boredom, monotony and a test of patience. It is hard for me to remember every moment that I've lived, but the ones I do recall tend to have a strong emotional connection. These are the moments that add up to make minutes, hours, days and months of my memories.

We started Miranj with a hope to achieve our [sweet spot][sweetspot]. With [unexpected hurdles at each step][murphy], even simple things -- be it choosing a name, [finding a good accountant][ca], interpreting [legal speak][legal], searching for [office space][office], signing our first client or [opening a bank account][account] -- weren't easy. Along the way we have often [swatted flies at the office][flies], endured words of concern from our parents and panicked for the lack of funds. And then there were days when we were simply [overjoyed][spiekermann]. There were moments of [sadness][steve], courage, anguish, desperation, [joy][mediaqueries], pride, satisfaction and learning.

These moments, today, add up to a full year. Never before has [time passed so fast][time].

[We just turned one!][certi]

[sweetspot]: http://miranj.in/blog/2011/sweet-spot
[legal]: http://twitter.com/souvikdg/status/105755846797045760 "@souvikdg: Not withstanding anything else unless stated otherwise it is hereby expressly stated that the legal language is bound to bemuse the innocent"
[account]: http://twitter.com/miranjdesign/status/53666743842910209 "@miranjdesign: If you're looking to startup, here is a tip: Don't underestimate the process of bank account opening."
[ca]: http://twitter.com/rungta/status/105751155488997376 "@rungta: The conservatism, the plagiarism, the resistance, the scams, the smugness, the carelessness, the pride, the prejudice… … I’m desperate to meet an Indian Chartered Accountant who invalidates this gross generalisation."
[office]: http://twitter.com/miranjdesign/status/68318218133061632 "@miranjdesign: We do miss the sunlight from time to time, but boy are we glad to be sheltered from the heat in our basement office. No air cons required!"
[murphy]:	http://twitter.com/souvikdg/status/25764232758824960 "@souvikdg: Correction: Time to survive Murphy's Law." 
[certi]: http://twitter.com/rungta/status/40453382837768193 "@rungta: निगमन प्रमाण पत्र, २३ फ़रवरी २०११।"
[flies]: http://twitter.com/rungta/status/42470020315484160 "@rungta: Transitioning from “We Take Printouts” to “We Squat Flies”."
[spiekermann]: http://twitter.com/espiekermann/status/162201762785275906 "@espiekermann: Nice deck, short and useful: miranj.in/blog/2011/typography-web"
[mediaqueries]: http://twitter.com/mediaqueries/status/146574685461676032 "@mediaqueries: @rungta Your Steve Jobs homage is now featured: mediaqueri.es/msj/"
[steve]: http://twitter.com/miranjdesign/status/121974017329610753 "@miranjdesign: Thanks Steve. http://stevejobs.miranj.in/"
[time]: http://twitter.com/souvikdg/status/45906519065247744 "@souvikdg: The guy who said that time will fly when you do what you love to do - was bang on."